(archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs 同义词：burial mound, grave mound, barrow,
A tumulus (plural tumuli) is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds, Hügelgr?ber or kurgans, and can be found throughout much of the world.
例句与用法
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Kofun tumulus culture and the consolidation of the yamato throne 古坟文化和大和王权的统一
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One of the royal tombs in the great tumulus is identified as that of philip ii , who conquered all the greek cities , paving the way for his son alexander and the expansion of the hellenistic world 大古墓中一个皇家墓穴已经确认属于菲利普二世，他曾征服所有希腊城市，为他的儿子亚历山大以及希腊世界的扩张铺平了道路。
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In south - west alberta , the remains of marked trails and an aboriginal camp , and a tumulus where vast quantities of buffalo ( american bison ) skeletons can still be found , are evidence of a custom practised by aboriginal peoples of the north american plains for nearly 6 , 000 years 在艾伯塔省的西南部，发现了一个土著人的营房和坟地遗址，里面存有大量的野牛骨骼，生动地向人们展示了近六千年前的北美土著人的生活习俗。
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And as no man knows the ubicity of his tumulus nor to what processes we shall thereby be ushered nor whether to tophet or to edenville in the like way is all hidden when we would backward see from what region of remoteness the whatness of our whoness hath fetched his whenceness 该墓之所在无人知晓91 ，吾曹将受何判决：赴陀斐特92抑或伊甸城93 ，亦全然不知。回顾后方，欲知吾曹存在之意义，起源于何等遥远地域，亦不可得矣。 ”
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